Russia doping

The London 2012 Olympics were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” by Russia’s government and sports authorities, who colluded to ensure the country’s sportspeople were able to take a cocktail of banned performance-enhancing drugs yet evade doping tests, it has been revealed,

The first McLaren report discovered that Russia has run a systemic and state-sponsored doping program for several years, including in the run-up to the Sochi Games. The report caused ban of hundreds of Russian athletes from 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has disapprovingly commented on the news that the former Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva has been appointed head of the new Supervisory Board of the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA). WADA has not been informed of that decision, according

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had suspended Russia following the publication of the McLaren report, according to BBC.
The report, published last month, claimed Russia had operated a state-sponsored doping program.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose not to give Russia a blanket

Those deemed ineligible for Rio include Yulia Efimova, a 200m bronze medallist in London, who had a provisional ban lifted by Fina last week, BBC reports.
It said the McLaren Report has showed anti-doping rules were "not properly applied" by Russian authorities.
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An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been investigating the allegations and will publish its findings on Monday, BBC reports.
Any adverse revelations could increase pressure on Russia to be banned from the Rio Olympics entirely.
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The report was published two days before athletics' governing body rules on whether Russian competitors can take part in the Rio Olympics this summer, BBC reports.
In November, Russia's athletes were banned after a Wada report highlighted widespread failing in testing.
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